Published 1979
by Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging in [Bethesda, Md.] .
Written in
Edition Notes
| Statement | [Gisela Labouvie-Vief] |
| Series | National Institute on Aging science writer seminar series, DHEW publication ; no. (NIH) 79-1859, DHEW publication -- no. (NIH) 79-1859 |
| Contributions | National Institute on Aging |
| The Physical Object | |
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| Pagination | [10] p. : |
| Number of Pages | 10 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL14906468M |
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